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The City University of New York's CUNY Graduate School of Journalism offers a top-notch, affordable education teaching traditional journalism values while preparing students to thrive in a rapidly changing media landscape.Learn More →

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The course of study for the M.A. in Journalism degree is challenging and requires full-time attendance. Students complete 45 units of course work in three semesters, participate in a comprehensive summer internship, and produce a substantial final or capstone project.Learn More →

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Admissions

Our goal is to attract a diverse group of the highest caliber aspiring journalists to our Master of Arts in Journalism program, then to guide and support them every step of the way, from application through graduation and beyond.Learn More →

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Career Services

The Career Services Office will work with you from the beginning of your time here to the day of graduation -- and beyond. (We’re available to help alums, too.) Among other things, we review resumes, weigh in on cover letters, brainstorm with you about internship and employment choices...Learn More →

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About CUNY J-School

The Master of Arts degree in journalism at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism is an intensive, three-semester program designed to prepare gifted graduate students for a wide variety of careers in the field of journalism.Learn More →

Our Campus

Administration

Program Overview

The course of study for the M.A. degree in Journalism is challenging and requires full-time attendance. Students complete 45 units of course work in three semesters, participate in a comprehensive summer internship, and produce a substantial final or capstone project.Learn More →

Concentrations

Highlights

WANTED: Applicants from a Variety of Backgrounds

Our goal is to attract a diverse group of the highest caliber aspiring journalists to our Masters of Arts in Journalism program, then to guide and support them every step of the way, from application through graduation and beyond.Learn More →

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Donating to CUNY J-School

In order to build a truly great program, the School must continue to secure supplementary support from the private sector. Gifts of any size are welcome and can make a big difference in the lives and academic experience of CUNY J-School students. Learn More →

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CUNY J-Camp

We offer professional development courses for young and mid-career journalists in social media, digital photography, video storytelling, web advertising, and many other skills through our continuing educational program.Learn More →

Hear our Journalist-in-Residence Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation about the future of storytelling with Anna Holmes, editor of Digital Voices at Fusion, and A.O. Scott, chief film critic for The New York Times.

A documentary about the history of Latin boogaloo, “We Like it Like That,” by ’08 alum Mathew Ramirez Warren, will have its national premiere Mar. 18 at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Tex. Boogaloo music is a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of New York City.

As part of the Windows from Prison project that fulfills photos requests from inmates, Natasha Scully, ’15, reviews shots of the New Jersey skyline for a woman incarcerated on Rikers Island. Looking on, from left, are former inmate Walden Anderson; Dominique Howard, a volunteer for Young New Yorkers, and Simone Salvo of the Magnum Foundation. (Photo by Glenna Gordon)

Join the CUNY J-School and top New York journalists in July for exciting, two-week summer intensive courses in the media capital of the world.

The eighth annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism will honor Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary Films, and civic leader Richard Ravitch, alongside students of exceptional ability.

At a reception in her honor on Feb.10, former Associate Dean Judith Watson reacts to the news that the CUNY J-School has established an investigative reporting scholarship fund in her name. (Photo by Skyler Reid, ’13)

Marisa Schwartz, associate photo editor at TIME; James Estrin, New York Times senior staff photographer and CUNY J-School adjunct professor; and Brad Nau, senior executive producer at Comcast SportsNet, discuss entries at the judging of the 2015 Northern Short Course Photojournalism Contest, held Feb. 6 and 7 at the J-School. More than 1,000 images in 19 categories were judged. Getty photographer Patrick Smith was named Photographer of the Year.

The first class in the new Social Journalism Master’s degree program includes a former professional soccer player who wants to work with immigrant communities united by their love of sports and the co-founder of an organization that advocates for pedestrian safety. (Photo by Brock Stoneham, ’13)

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Life After J-School

Mirva Lempiäinen Featured by Travel Blogger

Mirva Lempiäinen, ’09, a freelance journalist from Finland and travel writer extraordinaire, is featured in Chris Guillebeau’s travel blog. Lempiäinen has been actively roaming the globe for almost 15 years, and has visited more than 70 countries. Read more about her here.